Booker T. Washington: “In every case where it is possible, the teacher should buy a home in the community, and make his home in every way a…”

This tenderness and sympathy on the part of those held in bondage was a result of their kindly and generous nature.

Even to this day I can recall accurately the tortures that I underwent when putting on one of these garments.

I never saw a man who so completely lost sight of himself.

Ever since I have been old enough to think for myself, I have entertained the idea that, notwithstanding the cruel wrongs inflicted upon us, the black man got nearly as much out of slavery as the white man did.